MCD Search Results

Introduction

The MCD Search Results page contains the results of your search. The page contains multiple sections.

Search Results Table

This table contains the documents that match your search criteria. Click on any row to open that document.

The ID column is important. You can use this ID to reference or find the document again in the future.

The Document Type column indicates what type of document is listed. Learn more about the various document types found in the MCD

Use the basket to add documents to your MCD basket. Once documents are added to your basket, you can email the basket to yourself or someone else. This is a convenient way to save your documents for reference later. Please note that the basket will automatically empty itself after one hour of non-activity.

Filter Bar

Use the filter bar to narrow down your results by using the filter buttons. If you had performed a search using a keyword, you can also change that keyword here.

Selecting any button will display the filter criteria.

Keyword Search Options:

• The Starts With (default) option will return documents that contain the text that you entered (e.g., "cardiac" will return Cardiac Allografts and Cardiac Pacemaker) or words that start with that text (e.g., “hemo" will return hemodialysis, hemoglobin, and hemophilia).
• The All Words option will return documents that contain all of the words you entered (e.g., “hemoglobin test" will return documents that include both “test" and “hemoglobin"). The keywords do not have to be found together as a phrase.
• The Any Word option will return documents that contain any one of the words you entered (e.g., “hemoglobin test" will return documents that include either “test" or “hemoglobin").

Search Information

This section contains information about your search including the See Also section which provides important notes that you may find helpful. You can Hide or Show the Search Information panel by clicking on the "Search Information" label at the top.

Additional Features

At the top right, you will find additional features:

• Sort by: Sort your results.
• New search: Return to the Search page to start a new search.
• Copy this search: Copy the URL for your current search into the clipboard. You can use the URL in the future as a shortcut to your current search. You can also use your browser to bookmark the page to save your current search.

At the bottom right, you will find the ability to download your search results into an Excel file.

CMS Regions

Within the state dropdown list, you can also select to narrow your search by CMS Region. The CMS Regions are broken out by state as follows:

• CMS Region 1: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
• CMS Region 2: NJ, NY, Puerto Rico (PR), Virgin Islands (VI)
• CMS Region 3: DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV
• CMS Region 4: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
• CMS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
• CMS Region 6: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
• CMS Region 7: IA, KS, MO, NE
• CMS Region 8: CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
• CMS Region 9: AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa (AS), Guam (GU), Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
• CMS Region 10: AK, ID, OR, WA

Partial State Selections

Both California and New York support partial state selections. The state selections for California include "California - Entire State", "California - Northern" and "California - Southern" and New York include "New York - Entire State", "New York - Downstate", "New York - Queens", "New York - Upstate".

When searching documents for California and New York, your results may include documents that are not relevant for your location. For example, if your location of service was in Southern California, your results may include documents that are associated only with "California - Northern", which may not be relevant. When viewing Articles and LCDs for California and New York, please review the geographic information for that document and confirm that the document is relevant for your location of service.

Pro Tip

If you prefer the functionality available on the Search Results page, you can perform a search using a blank keyword and then bookmark the resulting page. This bookmark will allow you to shortcut to the results page to start a new search.